THE DIVINE FRIEND

Look on me, for thou art my companion in the grave

On the night when thou shalt pass from shop and dwelling.

Thou shalt hear my hail in the hollow of the tomb: it shall

become known to thee

That thou wast never concealed from mine eye.

I am as reason and intellect within thy bosom

At the time of joy and gladness, at the time of sorrow and

distress.

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In the hour when the intellectual lamp is lighted,

What a pears goes up from the dead men in the tombs!

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